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PRELIMINARY REPORT on a RECENT SURVEY of the EGYPTIAN CERAMBYCIDAE, with DESCRIPTION of THREE NEW SPECIES (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae)

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PRELIMINARY REPORT on a RECENT SURVEY of the EGYPTIAN CERAMBYCIDAE, with DESCRIPTION of THREE NEW SPECIES (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae) Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna Quad. Studi Nat. Romagna, 23: 179-194, dicembre 2006 ISSN 1123-6787 Gianfranco Sama & Pierpaolo Rapuzzi PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A RECENT SURVEY OF THE EGYPTIAN CERAMBYCIDAE, WITH DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae) Abstract A preliminary report is given on the Cerambycidae collected during three collecting trips in Egypt or belonging to various Egyptian public collections. The following new species are described and illustrated: Hesperophanes andresi n.sp. from Alexandria (lake Maryout), Agapanthia fadli n.sp. from Burg el-Arab (Alexandria) and Crossotus tamer n.sp. from Wadi Abu Ghusun (Wadi Gemal Protectorate). Lygrus becvari Sama, 1999 and Oxilus elegans (Fairmaire, 1887) are recorded for the first time from Egypt; in addition, interesting informa- tion is provided for Anthracocentrus arabicus (Thomson, 1877), Zoodes liturifer (Walker, 1871), Daramus sp., Crossotus subocellatus (Fairmaire, 1886), C. strigifrons (Fairmaire, 1886). Key Words: Cerambycidae, Egypt, new species, new records. Riassunto [Rapporto preliminare su recenti ricerche sui Cerambycidae dell’Egitto, con descrizione di tre nuove specie] Gli autori espongono i risultati preliminari di recenti ricerche sui Cerambycidae dell’Egitto. Tre nuove specie vengono descritte: Hesperophanes andresi n.sp. (Maryout, Alexandria), Agapanthia fadli n.sp. (Burg el-Arab, Alexandria) e Crossotus tamer n.sp. (Wadi Abu Ghusun, Wadi Gemal Protectorate); Lygrus becvari Sama, 1999 e Oxilus elegans (Fairmaire, 1887) risultano nuove per la coleotterofauna egiziana. Ulteriori dati interessanti riguardano Anthracocentrus arabicus (Thomson, 1877), Zoodes liturifer (Walker, 1871), Daramus sp., Crossotus subocellatus (Fairmaire, 1886) e C. strigifrons (Fairmaire, 1886). 179 Introduction In November 2003 and during the springs of 2004 and 2005, in collaboration with the Entomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University of Cairo and the Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, we had the opportunity to carry on field researches on Egyptian Cerambycidae, chiefly in the Protected Areas: Ras Mohamed National Park (southern Sinai), Saluga & Gazal Nature Reserve near Aswan (Upper Nile), Wadi el Gemal Protectorate (eastern Desert). Furthermore, we were able to visit different localities such as Shalatein (south-eastern Desert), Burg el-Arab and lake Maryout (near Alexandria) and in south-eastern Sinai. Most of our material was collected in immature stages in infested wood and the adults were obtained by rearing under laboratory condition. In addition, speci- mens preserved in the main Egyptian public institutions, chiefly collected by the past Egyptian entomologists, have been revised and their identification verified. Finally, one of us (G. Sama) was able to study the Egyptian Cerambycidae held by various European institutions. In the present paper we give a preliminary report on the Cerambycidae collected during our surveys, as well as information on the review of the material examined. If not stated otherwise, notes about dis- tribution are taken from authors’ archives. Abbreviations ASUC Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, Entomology Department, Cairo (Egypt) CPS Coll. Peter Schurmann - coll. G. Sama, Cesena (Italy) EDCU Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University (Egypt) ESEC Entomological Society of Egypt, Cairo (Egypt) MNHNP Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) NHMB Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (including coll. G. Frey) (Switzerland) NHML Natural History Museum, London (Great Britain) PPRIC Plant Protection Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo (Egypt) SMF Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Anthracocentrus arabicus (Thomson, 1877) Tithoes arabicus Thomson, 1877, Rev. Mag. Zool. (3), 5: 266. Type locality: “Djedda, Arabia”. Range. Widespread from southern Israel and southern Jordan to the Arabian Peninsula and in Sahelo-Saharan Africa from Sudan and Somalia to southern 180 Morocco and Mauritania (Sama, in preparation). It was recorded from Egypt under the names Acanthophorus vicarius Lameere, 1912 (described from “Egypt”) and Nothophysis rugosiceps Pic, 1925 (from “Abou Simbel”). One specimen was collected in the end of summer 2004 by the ranger Mahmoud Ahmed Tamer, attracted to light near the office of the Wadi Gemal Protectorate south or Marsa Alam. We know it also from Sinai: Wadi el Gibi, 35 km north of Dahab, 9.4.1997, leg. Batelka et Podrouková. Macrotoma palmata (Fabricius, 1792) Prionus palmatus Fabricius, 1792, Ent. Syst., 1(2): 249. Type locality: “Guinea”. Range. Common and widespread in most intertropical and austral Africa from South Africa to Senegal, Somalia and Sudan. It is also known from all Saharian countries, westward to Western Sahara. In Egypt, where it nearly reaches the Mediterranean shore, it is rather common everywhere, following the populations of Acacia, its preferred host plants. It is apparently absent in Sinai. We have found this large longhorn beetle in the Wadi Gemal Protectorate: Wadi Abu Ghusun. Lygrus becvari Sama, 1999 Lygrus becvari Sama, 1999, Biocosme Mesogeen, 15 (2) (1998): 178. Type locality: southern Jordan: 50 km SE Maan. Lygrus longicornis: Halperin & Holzschuh, 1993, nec Pic, 1895. Paraleptoeme brunnea: Fadl, 1999: 143 (misidentification). Range. Southern Jordan (SAMA, 1999), southern Israel (HALPERIN & HOLZSCHUH, 1993 as Lygrus longicornis), Egypt (Sinai). A new record for Egypt and Israel. In Egypt, it is only known from southern Sinai: Wadi El Liga, 12.VI.1941, “Paraleptoeme n.sp., det. Quentin”; idem, 7.VIII.1942 (ASUC); Wadi el-Lega, Wadi Isla and Wadi Gebal, 19.VIII.1995 (Fadl, 1999); Dj. Serbal, 27.V.1997, leg. Abdel-Dayem (EDCU); Wadi Tarfat, west of Watia Pass, ex larva from Ficus sp. (probably Ficus pseudosycomorus), leg. P. Rapuzzi & G. Sama. Zoodes liturifer (Walker, 1871) Hesperophanes liturifer Walker, 1871, List. Col. coll. by Lord: 18. Zoodes liturifer: Fadl, 1999: 145. Range. Chiefly widespread throughout the eastern countries of intertropical and austral Africa from South Africa and Namibia northward to Sudan (Sama, in prep.); recorded from Yemen (VILLIERS, 1968) and from Saudi Arabia (SHALABY, 1961; HOLZSCHUH, 1993). It was known from southern Egypt: Eastern Desert: Shalatein, 5.X.1995, 2 specimens attracted to light (FADL, 1999, PPRIC). We have found it in the Wadi Gemal protectorate: Wadi Abu Ghuºun, 15.III.2004, a dead female in pupal cell; II.2005, many larvae in dead trunks and big branches of 181 Acacia raddiana; adults emerged under laboratory condition, X.2006; Eastern Desert: Bir Shalatein, ex larva from Acacia raddiana, one adult emerged, III.2006. Daramus Fairmaire, 1892 Species of the genus Daramus are typical inhabitants of the entomocenosis of Acacia in Sahelian and Saharian arid biotopes. Three species are currently known from the southern part of North Africa. D. major Pic, 1924 (Sinai), D. mehennii Sama, 1994 (southern Libya and southern Algeria) and D. macrops (known from a single specimen from Algeria). The fourth species, found by us in Western Sahara is currently being described (Sama, in preparation). In Egypt, this genus occurs in almost all growths of Acacia raddiana of south- ern Sinai and along the eastern Desert from Marsa Alam to the Wadi Gemal Protectorate and Bir Shalatein; it is apparently absent in other populations of Acacia which we have visited, such as Saluga Protectorate (Aswan). The mate- rial collected during our surveys, awaiting detailed study, apparently belongs to three different species: D. macrops Pic, 1924 (Sinai), ?D. serricornis Fairmaire, 1892 (Bir Shalatein) and Daramus sp. (Wadi Gemal Protectorate) . Daramus major (Pic, 1924) Tetropiopsis major Pic, 1924, L’Échange, 24, 418: 30. Type locality: “Nuweibat, Eastern Sinai” (Sinai, Egypt). Range. Endemic species to Egypt, only known from southern Sinai. We have found a large series of this rare species in some localities of southern and east- ern Sinai: Ras Mohamed, road from Sharm el Sheikh to Dahab and in Wadi Tarfat. All specimens were reared from living twigs of Acacia raddiana. Adults were emerging from April to May. Daramus sp. Road to Idfu, 18/20 km west of Marsa Alam; Wadi Gemal Protectorate: Wadi Abu Ghuºun, Wadi el Reada. Daramus serricornis Fairmaire, 1892 D. serricornis Fairmaire, 1892, Rev. Ent. Fr., 11: 121. Type locality: “Obock” (Djibouti). FADL (1999), reported one specimen of this species from vicinity of Shalatein (south-eastern Desert). During our surveys, we had the possibility to collect near this village, where we have found a dead and very damaged specimen in pupal cell on Acacia raddiana and a few twigs of the same plant infested by the dis- tinctive larvae of Daramus sp. Unfortunately, no adults have yet emerged, so we are unable to confirm whether this population really belongs to Daramus serri- cornis or to the same species living in Wadi Gemal. 182 12 Fig.1 – Hesperophanes andresi n.sp. Holotype male. Fig. 2 – Hesperophanes andresi n.sp. Paratype female. Hesperophanes andresi n.sp. (Figs 1, 2) Type series. Holotype @: “Alexandria, Aegypten, Ad. Andres” (SMF); paratypes 1 #: “Mergheb, 3.10.1910” (ex Museum G. Frey, coll. Alfieri, NHMB); 1 #: “Alexandrie, 2.VI.43, éclos de racines d’Halocnemum strobi- laceum”, leg. J. Barbier (MNHNP, coll. Villiers); 1 #: “Alexandria, 9.07, A. Saraudi” (NHML); 1 #: “Alexandrie, 2.VI.43, leg. J. Barbier (coll. A. Villiers > CPS); 2 (sex ?): Ramleh, 1.VII.1921; VII.1927,
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